OrmPS 2016

Today for my iExplore we look at the history of Valentines day it is a very interesting topic. I love valentines day because you get to express  your love. Our group is making valentines day pancakes and a valentines day Darth Vader rainbow love heart valentines day card. We are all going to pich in. Me and Hana are going to make the pancakes and Karis and Aditi are going to make the card. The valentines group are going to eat all of the pancakes :) I hope you enjoyed reading our IExplore ideas bye in till next time.  

Math by Myself : Addition

Learner: Selestine     Learning Coach:  N.Denuwara         Date: Term 1

Learning Area: Math: Addition

Learning Observed, Key Competencies/ Vision Principles

This week Selestine has been focusing on addition and subtraction at school. Her math task was to do Math by Myself, which is part of the math daily 3. Math by myself involves her participating in an activity that she has to do on her own. The Math by Myself  activities promote managing self and connecting with prior and current knowledge to execute the task. During this particular task, shown below, Selestine was asked to use the coloured lego blocks to show the equation on each addition flashcards. She had to connect the lego using the different colours to represent one set of numbers in the equation. Selestine has shown fantastic capabilities in using materials to add sums.

Evidence of learning

Watch our math work!! Video

Next Learning Steps

Selestine can use her knowledge of addition to solve word problems, which is what she will be doing next in math. Solving word problems develops skills in visualising the scenario presented in the problem for the purpose of solving the equation.